10:48 PM,
Jul. 17, 2014

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Detroit Free Press Staff Reports

Hockey: Grosse Pointe native Zach Werenski, a defenseman with the Ann Arbor-based U.S. National Team Development Program, announced on Twitter that he had signed to play at U-M in 2014-15. Werenski (6-feet-1, 201 pounds) had seven goals and 20 assists in 47 games for the under-17 team last season. It's a major coup for the Wolverines to get Werenski, projected to be a first-round pick in the 2015 NHL draft.

Cross-country: Grand Blanc High senior Grant Fisher won the 2013-14 Gatorade national boys cross-country runner of the year award. Fisher raced to the national title this past season with ...